[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       fink-users
Subject:    Re: [Fink-users] Re: Install on 10.4
From:       "Roy Mendelssohn" <Roy.Mendelssohn () noaa ! gov>
Date:       2005-09-26 21:11:18
Message-ID: p0623090cbf5e134d92a6 () [192 ! 168 ! 1 ! 100]
[Download RAW message or body]

Look on the Tiger Installation 1 DVD.  Luanch the 
"OPtional Installs" package.  After agreeing to 
the license and selecting the drive,open up the 
options under "Applications".  Select X11 and it 
will be installed.

HTH,

-Roy M.

At 10:51 PM +0200 9/26/05, Pierre Neihouser wrote:
>On Sep 26, 2005, at 10:45 PM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
>
>>On 9/26/05, Pierre Neihouser <pierren@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On Sep 26, 2005, at 8:14 PM, Sebastien Maret wrote:
>>>
>>>>Pierre Neihouser <pierren@mac.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>>So I installed the dev
>>>>>tools, tried again: "Can't resolve dependency for 'X11' package".
>>>>>Damn. I can't actually find any X11 package in my package list (even
>>>>>after a upgrading the descriptions). Anyway, I thought installing X11
>>>>>from Apple would do. But I can't do so, I get this message: "Newer
>>>>>software already exists on your computer". What am I supposed to do
>>>>>now?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What version of Apple X11 are you tring to install ? The installer
>>>>complains that you have a newer version than the one ypu trying to
>>>>install, so I guess that you have X11 already installed on your
>>>>computer but you are trying to re-install an older version.
>>>>Try to reinstall it from Tiger disk.
>>>>See also this FAQ:
>>>>http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#apple-
>>>>x11-wants-xfree86
>>>>
>>>>Sébastien
>>>>
>>>
>>>I downloaded the latest version of X11User, can't find the version:
>>>http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html
>>>I did not install any X11 before, I only installed fink and the dev
>>>tools.
>>>The machine is brand new. It doesn't make any sense and that's why
>>>I'm asking for help.
>>>Why is there no xfree package in fink commander?
>>>
>>>Thanks by the way.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Pierre
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>What you downloaded is only for Panther.  Your machine is likely
>>complaining because you're trying to mix a Panther X11User with a
>>Tiger X11SDK.  X11User.pkg may be on your system
>>(/Applications/Installers ?) on a new machine.
>>
>>
>>
>>There are versions of xfree86 and xorg in the unstable tree for Tiger.
>>  They just haven't been moved over to stable yet.
>>--
>>Alexander K. Hansen
>>Fink Documenter
>>[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
>>http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/
>
>Ok, that makes sense now. This is not the right version for Tiger.
>I looked for X11 anywhere on the HD to see if I 
>could get an installer, but there is nothing.
>I'll check on the restore DVD and I have a 
>proper retail copy of Tiger so I might be able 
>to get it from there.
>
>Thanks a lot.
>
>--
>Pierre
>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>SF.Net email is sponsored by:
>Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server.
>Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very
>own Sony(tm)PSP.  Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php
>_______________________________________________
>Fink-users mailing list
>Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users


-- 
**********************
"The contents of this message do not reflect any 
position of the Government or NOAA."
**********************
Roy Mendelssohn
Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
NOAA/NMFS
Environmental Research Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
1352 Lighthouse Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097

e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn@noaa.gov (Note new e-mail address)
voice: (831)-648-9029
fax: (831)-648-8440
www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/

"Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."


-------------------------------------------------------
SF.Net email is sponsored by:
Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. 
Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very
own Sony(tm)PSP.  Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php
_______________________________________________
Fink-users mailing list
Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]